Road to Raw Unity...

Very cool to see video, really impressive.

^^^ Thank you, I will get more video.

Bench
135x10
225x5
275x5
315x5
365x5
315x5 pause

MP
135x3
185x3
205x5
205x5
205x5
205x5

Chins
bwx10
10
10
10
20

DB C+P
65x10
70x7

So I have backed way off on the bench but the weights still feel heavy. Should feel better in a couple weeks with lighter weights. I just need to be able to make a 6-8 week push to be able to hit the numbers I know im capable of.

Squat
135x5
225x5
315x3
365x1
405x3 belt
455x3
515x5
525x3
415x8

A little better than last weeks and I also tied a pr so thats good. I would like to hit 545x5 before moving to triples. Ill see how I feel though. I just set aside the last 4 weeks for singles, everything leading up to that is just a hard push for rep prs.

Bench
135x10
225x5
275x5
315x5
335x5
375x5
345x5 pause
315x8 pause

MP
135x5
185x5
205x3
225x5

Neutral grip Pullup
45x10
45x10
45x9

Deadlift
135x6
225x5
315x3
405x2
495x2 belt on
545x2
585x2
645x2
650x2

Neck
60 reps

Ab rollout
10
10

Im very happy with the deads so far. I am planning 675x2 next week which will be pretty big for me. I remember this time last year missing a 655 single and having to back off and build up again. I will get a video of my pull next week.

Bench
135x12
225x5
275x5
315x5
335x5
375x5

MP
215x5
215x5
215x5
215x8

Chins
bwx10
bwx23

The bench is really making me upset here. The warm ups feel so good but the work sets feel soooo heavy. I really feel like I could bench 315x20 but only 405x1. I will only take a small jump next week and will only press heavy once, Ill see what that does.

Squat

Worked up to 525 and only did 2 reps with it. I thought that maybe the problem was just in my head so I backed off to 495, I only got 1 rep with that. Just felt like I was going toi be crushed, felt weak.

Thats a deload I guess. I might skip the heavy deads next week and see how it goes.

Bench
135x10
225x5
275x5
315x5
365x1
385x5
385x5
355x6 pause
355x6 pause

Incline
225x6
275x6
275x6

Cable ext
2x12 reps

Bench felt a little better today. Im getting some horrible tendonitis pain so I could do no lat work today. I might just push all of my lat work to deadlift day in order to get everything in.

DL
135x6
225x5
315x3
405x3
495x2 belt on
585x2

Chins
45x5
100x5
100x5
100x5
45x12

Wide cable row.
3x10

A needed deload on the deadlift. Im hoping taking it easy today will help my squat on friday. I will try 675x2 next week.

Upper body Plyos

5x5 incline pushups

5x5 depth drops

CG Bench
135x8
225x5
275x5
295x5
315x5
335x5

MP
135x5
185x3
225x5
225x5
225x7 PR

DB ext
65x8
65x8

Seated Alt DB curl
45x8
55x8
55x8

Tryed out some plyos today after reading Josh Bryants article on how he used them. I liked them so I will try them out for a few weeks before I decide what to do.

Hit a MP pr so Im happy about that. I would really like to MP and or push press 315 some day.

Squat
135x6
225x3
315x2
365x1
405x1 belt on
455x1
525x5 pr
435x8

This is all for today. Felt pretty strong, I think I can up this next week. I broke a bunch of blood vessels in my face and now my face has a bunch of red dots. I have to go to a wedding tomorrow so now my wife is mad, says ill look stupid. I didn’t do anything much really as far as volume goes. I want to try and be fresh for a good deadlift on tuesday.

Some big PR’s lately, really impressive work!

Thanks mr. I was due for one on the squat now for a while.

Nov 30

Bench
135x10
225x8
275x5
315x5
365x1
385x1
405x4.8 Missed 5 barely (video)
365x6 pause
375x5 pause

Benched at the Anvil here in Toronto on monday. I felt strong so I decided to push the weight up to get a video. All the reps felt good but I just hit a wall on number 5. I still think I can beat that next week.

Dec 1

Deads
135x6
225x5
315x3
405x2
495x1 belt
545x1
585x1
675x1 Missed 2 barely (video)

I was feeling really beat up from the bench the night before but I really wanted to give this a go anyway. I felt good for the first rep but the second starting coming out of my hand at the top. This is a commercial gym where I work at so the bar is not the best.

I will not try to better this next week. I will back off and build up again and try to set a 3rm pr before blowing past this. I will double this or more in January. I’m already ahead of where I want to be so im pretty optimistic.

Upper plyos. 10 sets of 5-8

Close grip Bench
225x5
280x5
300x5
320x5
340x5

MP
235x5
235x5
235x5

Pullup
Bwx 50 reps total

Just an assistance day for the upper body.

Squat
135x8
225x4
315x1
365x1
405x1 belt on
475x1
545x4
445x8

Felt solid under the squat today. I was giving myself a choice between 530-535x5 or just put the 25 on there and make it 545 and see what I can do. Another rep probably wouldnt have been possible but 5-10 lbs more on the bar probably would have went. On rep 4 I think my head almost exploded for real. Face felt beat to shit and I broke a bunch of blood vessels. Good times. Will be hitting a heavy single next week before a deload. Ill get a vid.

Bench
135x12
225x6
275x5
315x5
365x1
385x1
410x5 pr
375x5 pause
380x5 pause

Incline
225x6
295x6
295x6

Cable ext
2 sets

So like I thought I could I nailed 410x5. I didnt get a vid though but I will get more as the weight gets heavier. Switching to triples next week. I really think the upper body plyos are doing something. Training my tris more than I ever have has been helping to.

Really fun to log on to see more crazy numbers being put up. Looks like your prep for Raw Unity is going extremely well!